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A plaintiffs attorney in a failed lawsuit has been sanctioned $6,400 for conducting wasteful depositions. The judge noted in his ruling that the attorney had been warned of possible sanctions in the face of his “demand for more and more, wider and wider, and hope-springs-eternal discovery.” View full post on Law.com – Newswire

The Onion caused confusion Thursday when its Twitter messages described gunfire in the U.S. Capitol building, but media lawyers said the satirical newspaper probably won’t face legal fallout. The tweets actually related to an Onion story about Congress holding schoolchildren hostage. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Fox News Alabama immigration law cutting Latinos in schoolsSan Francisco ChronicleLatino students have started vanishing from Alabama public schools in the wake of a court ruling that upheld the state's tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration. Education officials say scores of immigrant families have withdrawn their …Hispanic students disappear from Ala. schoolsCBS NewsHispanic [...]

Federal prosecutors seem to be having a hard time lately making criminal charges stick against in-house counsel in high-profile cases. Even so, says one defense attorney, the cases are warning signals, showing the legal risks that in-house counsel face in a regulated business environment. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

McKenna blasted for attacking health-care lawThe Seattle TimesDemocrat Jay Inslee launched a new round of attacks Friday against Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna over his participation in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the national health-care law. By Jim Brunner Rep. Jay Inslee, left; Attorney General Rob …Federal healthcare lawsuit could make McKenna sickSeattle Post Intelligencer [...]

A federal privacy law for drivers doesn’t bar West Publishing from reselling plaintiffs’ personal information, the 7th Circuit has ruled. The unanimous panel ruling affirmed a 2009 dismissal by an Illinois federal judge — but only on one of two grounds. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Christian Science Monitor Targeting schoolchildrenWashington PostBy Editorial, THE CLEAR INTENT of Alabama's viciously xenophobic immigration law — and the likely effect, now that most of it was upheld by a federal judge this week — is to hound, harass and intimidate illegal immigrants into uprooting their lives …US to Appeal Ruling Upholding Alabama Immigration LawBusinessWeekReaction [...]

A New Jersey appellate court has affirmed a lower court ruling granting summary judgment for Pfizer in cases brought by two women who claimed they got breast cancer from taking Premarin and Prempro. The ruling will likely affect more than 100 other New Jersey cases that were stayed pending appeal. View full post on Law.com [...]

Fox News Andrea Martinez | Rumors that deportation policy ended were prematureKansas City StarAn excited caller told the receptionist at my immigration law firm, “I heard on the radio there are no more deportations.” The next caller said: “My friend told me that immigrants without documentation can get US citizenship now. …U.S. Considers More Legal [...]

In a dissent to a denial of an en banc review sought by Kimberly-Clark, a Federal Circuit judge accused her colleagues of scrapping time-tested factors used to weigh requests for preliminary injunctions in patent cases and improperly replacing them with a new standard. View full post on Law.com – Newswire